Xok An (right) Council Minister of Cambodia. (Photo: AP)Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer
Phnom Penh Friday, 25 June 2010
The use of funds “has no transparency, no bank account and no procedures for keeping this fund,” Son Chhay saidCouncil Minister Sok An has replied to a National Assembly inquiry about oil and gas development, saying nearly two dozen companies had been given licenses and oil giant Total had paid $28 million for exploration rights.
But an opposition lawmaker said Friday the response was inadequate because it did not go on to explain where the millions were spent.
In a June 9 response to Sam Rainsy Party lawmaker Son Chhay, Sok An said 23 companies, including Chevron and Total, had received exploration agreements for oil and gas.
“But some of them left Cambodia, because our oil and gas resources could not be developed for trade,” Sok An wrote.
Of $28 million paid by Total to the government, $20 million was paid as a signing bonus, $6 million went to a social fund and $2 million went to the “administration process,” Sok An wrote, though he did not elaborate.
“The payment by companies were put into the account of the Cambodian National Bank, which is administered by the Ministry of Economy and Finance, and the Cambodian National Petroleum Authority. There was no payments directed to an individual, such as a government official.”
Cambodia’s management of its natural resources revenue has come under increased scrutiny lately, with environmental and development groups warning it lacks the proper mechanisms to utilize an expected upsurge in revenue.
Australian mining giant BHP Billiton is under investigation at the US Securities and Exchange Commission for possible corruption in Cambodia, after it paid millions of dollars into what it claims was as similar social fund, for which there is no apparent accountability.
“I cannot accept this response,” Son Chhay said of Sok An’s letter Friday. “This response does not show transparency in managing payment from companies.”
The use of funds “has no transparency, no bank account and no procedures for keeping this fund,” he said. “This response means there are irregularities and no transparency.”
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(Hun Sen le nouvel homme fort du Cambodge,un ancien khmer rouge qui a fui le régime meutrier en 1977 que les vietnamiens qui ont rammené dans leurs bagages pour installer à la tête du Cambodge.)
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(Le drame Cambodgien reste toujours sans explication,car les khmers ne savent toujours pas quel en était exactement la cause.Ils ne peuvent pas distinguer entre les libérateurs et les agresseurs).
Teacher Sok Anh,
Don't you know how to keep any records of incomes and expenditures.Every claims need evidences, I am glad that you are not Dr Sok Anh yet.
Or the funds went to Mrs Sok Anh and she spent instead,and that is why you can't provide proofs.
Otherwise you are held responsible filed by those companies for criminal offences.And stealing is a bad role for a teacher.
What did you teach?
I am always happy for being a corrupt minister!
Sok Anh
AH SOK AN and AH HUN SEN don't even know how to manage their own money and now they want to manage Cambodian people money! ahahahah
If there is no law on the book to make these mother fucker responsible and they will continue to mismanage Cambodian people money and squandering of Cambodian natural resources!
I knew the monies were divided for Sok An, Minister of energy, Hun Sen, then kept inside their homes.
Hun Sen
Damn does that guy Porky Pig on the right have a "double chin" or a "5th jaw"? Can somebody tell me??
not the opposition, Ah Hun Sen ah sok anh ah choam prasit ah pen simorn ah keat chhun are combodian sabotaged engines. they have no where to go but just keep the power to save their lifes and wealths. they always fraud the election by all means, if by transparent way they would loss like the first election in cambodia. they always angry jail and kill opposition who tell them to do good and correct things as a human,infact opposition just want them to do good things, because they do bad things so there is the opposition.they are plunding the wealth of the people
To a Sok Anh, A mé chrouk. the big pig. Chief Thief of the Khmer people !
PIG-GY BANK!!! We bucket they pocket!
Wow! Look at the smiling PIG!!
The human leeches of this government sucked it all. This is the only government that has caused the most sufferring for Khmer people, because it's a big lake fully loaded with all ranks of leech from top to buttom.
SenVarman will give his master 60% of oil money, the rest of it he will properly divide with his CCP's dogs,
Da big dog eats big,
Da little dog eats little!
The poor and miserable Khmers are still always the same!
Ah Sok Anh is the cock-fighter, he might spend those national money for his pleasure or to bit his cock games!
That mother fucker on the right Xok An looks like a half Pig and half Pelican!!!!!!!!
If Sok An does not know how to keep track of oil income, simply let someone else does the job. Stop giving all kind of bullshit excuses.
2:49 PM,
Sok An has already got many PhD degrees without having to spend a minute at any institutions of higher learning.
What a smart guy, eh!
He and his in-law, Mr. Hun Sen are going to fuck up Cambodia beyond anybody's imagination.
They have claimed of development and prosperity under their leadership! What they have forgotten is that millions of aid money have flown into Cambodia since the early 90s. With such huge amount of money if Cambodia is run by a farmer with no education at all and yet he and his team are not corrupt and quite willing to take advices from local and foreign experts, I can bet you that Cambodia is better off right now without any doubt.
IT'S A SHAME! OF HUN SEN ACCUSED SAM RAINSY INVOLVED WITH CFF. WHAT'S ABOUT GRENADE ATTACKED IN 1997 AND KILLED LOTS OF PEOPLE INCLUDING INJURED ONE AMERICAN CITIZEN. ISN'T IT THAT A TERRORIST? ALL KHMER HAVE TO OPEN MIND AND SEE HOW HUN SEN'S REGIME CORRUPTED THE WHOLE COUNTRY FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM. ANYWAY, I HOPE CAMBODIAN REALIZE AND RISE UP TO AGAINST THE CORRUPTION GOVERNMENT NOW AND DON'T ASK WHAT A COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY. WE HAVE 14 MILLIONS WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR. FIVE MILLIONS PEOPLE STAND UP NOW THAT WILL WORK TO FIND YOUR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.
mok ah chhrok xok an ah nis moha pok rolouy koute pracheachun khmer aos kar yokmok kattosh
MERL MUK PUK AH MAY CHO...LOCH JEAT....AH SOK ANH....AH YUON CHONG-RAI....PUK AH DICK-TATOR....!
Please stop make comment about his face be careful.
What if he get very upset and react swiftly by doing just like Thninh Jey? (A Jey used his rear side to paint with lime and turned it to a face).
I think he mights if he loses with cock fight bet this weekend.
Ah Hun Sen ah sok Anh and orther dump stupit spokman are speaking like (Thnon Jhay)to the press and to the people of Cambododia.they always never answer the question but just do as naive. this is them. stop exploring cambodia wealth. Government minister and all corrupters should know the shamfull of your did. not the opposition all you corrupters are destroying cambodia
Just take a look these two corrupted guys, one of them showing off his new diamond ring? i bet all money they stold from lands grabbing, illegal logging, illegal gambling...
This Pig Xok An hides money in his "Triple Chin/Extra Jaw" just like a 'Pelican"!! Fat Fuck!!
Hmmmmm! I enjoyed every moment of those food I've had with my whole generation. You people won't be able get to eat fancy food. That's why I'm sooooo fat like a pig > hippotomos > elephant. Someday I will weight 2 tons so you people won't take me to court.
does ah hun sen know that these two are crooked ministers, how ah hun sen going to do with the corruption law made by this ah chrok crooked sok anh. the only thing is the people power at last..
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